Perfect weekend ahead

A nice cool start sets the trend for the upcoming weekend. High pressure is in control and dry air has settled into our area. With northeasterly winds today, skies will be mostly clear, especially by the afternoon. Tonight will be rather cool once again as the driest air arrives tonight, winds are calmer, and skies are clearer than this morning. Expect low 50s inland and middle 50s elsewhere.

Over the weekend, temperatures will increase slightly to the upper 70s, pushing 80 degrees. These temperatures are still below normal for this time of year and ample sunshine will make the weekend picture perfect.

Looking ahead to next week, the high pressure area controlling our weather will continue a northeast wind through Monday with a gradual return to easterly and southeasterly winds by mid week. This will help raise the humidity a little by Wednesday.

Computer models bring back a few showers by the end of next week as another cold front works toward Florida. It's looking like we will enjoy a nice stretch of weather for several days.

Now that we're getting into the second half of August, it's the the time of year when we really start to monitor the far eastern Atlantic for budding tropical waves that could potentially develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.